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  • CLITR 3250: World Drama from the 18th Century to the Present

    3.00 Credits
    Lesley University

    3 credits This course is A survey of theatre and drama from the eighteenth to the twentieth century, with the focus on the major periods of Western and non-Western theatre and dramatic literature, from Romanticism and Realism, to the Theater of the Absurd and the New International Theatre. Plays are placed in their historical context with special attention paid to theatrical styles of production. Prerequisite: 3 credits of 2000-level CDRAM or CLITR courses, OR permission of the instructor.
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  • CLITR 3310: The Family in Literature

    3.00 Credits
    Lesley University

    3 credits Beginning with the Bible and Greek tragedy, and culminating in twentieth-century literature, This course will explore certain paradigms and conceptions of family that have retained great importance in Western culture: family as A reflection and extension of the surrounding society; family as the turbulent place where one learns and grows through conflict and rivalry; and family relations as patterning an individual's psyche. Prerequisites: CLITR 1100 PLUS upperclass standing, OR one 2000-level CLITR course, OR permission of the instructor.
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  • CLITR 3312: The Plays of Shakespeare

    3.00 Credits
    Lesley University

    3 credits In This course students read, perform short scenes and monologues, and write on selected comedies, tragedies, and histories. Students also become familiar with important critical perspectives on the plays, and with historical and cultural influences present in them. Prerequisite: CLITR 1100 PLUS upperclass standing, OR one 2000-level CLITR course, OR permission of the instructor.
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  • CLITR 3313: Comedy

    3.00 Credits
    Lesley University

    3 credits This course examines comedy as A "criticism of life". Students readA selection of comic drama, fiction, and verse from Aristophanes to the Theater of the Absurd, along with A number of critical essays. Prerequisites: CLITR 1100 PLUS upperclass standing, OR one 2000-level CLITR course, OR permission of the instructor.
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  • CLITR 3314: Tragedy

    3.00 Credits
    Lesley University

    3 credits Readings are selected form works by Sophocles, Shakespeare, and Miller, among others. Using Aristotle's Poetics as A basis, students explore the tragic mode in representative works from the ancient Greeks to modern times. Prerequisites: CLITR 1100 PLUS upperclass standing, OR one 2000-level CLITR course, OR permission of the instructor.
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  • CLITR 3315: Contemporary Latin American Women Writers

    3.00 Credits
    Lesley University

    3 credits This course will explore Latin American women's participation in society as catalysts for social and political change. Through the works of Sor Juana De La Cruz, Isabel Allende, and Rigoberta Menchu, among others, students will learn about Latin American women's perceptions and values, and be better able to understand them. Sources will include readings in contemporary literature, history, sociology, personal narrative, interviews, and movies. Prerequisites: CLITR 1100 PLUS upperclass standing, OR one 2000-level CLITR course, OR permission of the instructor.
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  • CLITR 3317: Marriage and Dangerous Liaisons in the Novel

    3.00 Credits
    Lesley University

    3 credits Beginning with Laclos' eighteenth-century masterpiece, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, This course attempts to establish just what are dangerous liaisons in and out of marriage. Students will proceed to read novels by Tolstoi, Stendhal, Flaubert, Lawrence, Bront definitions from the eighteenth century have carried forward into more recent literary treatments of love and marriage. Prerequisites: CLITR 1100 PLUS upperclass standing, OR one 2000-level CLITR course, OR permission of the instructor.
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  • CLITR 3320: History of English Language

    3.00 Credits
    Lesley University

    3 credits This course is A survey of the changes in the structure of English language from the earliest times to the present, and of the social and political forces that have influenced the language. The course examines the evolution of the language - its sound, syntax, spelling, vocabulary - with attention to the language ofBeowulf, Chaucer, Shakespeare, and English as it is spoken today around the world. Other topics include attitudes toward language and grammar, social and regional dialects, and literacy. Prerequisites: CLITR 1100 PLUS upperclass standing, OR one 2000-level CLITR course, OR permission of the instructor.
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  • CLITR 3328: Contemporary American Literature

    3.00 Credits
    Lesley University

    3 credits This course focuses on the close reading and analysis of significant works of American literature from the end of World War II to the present. Due attention will be given to distinguishing the different elements--cultural, literary, personal and historical--that shape the work of writers in this period. Prerequisites: CLITR 1100 PLUS upperclass standing, OR one 2000-level CLITR course, OR permission of the instructor.
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  • CLITR 3329: Contemporary Ethnic Literature

    3.00 Credits
    Lesley University

    3 credits This course explores the works of authors representing the many ethnic communities now comprising the United States: African American, Native American, and Asian American, among others. We will focus on certain questions: what are that group's shared experiences and values, and how do these affect the kind of literature that group writes? What pre-existent literary traditions does that group bring with it, and how are these reflected in the literature? What aspects of the American experience are treated in this literature? Prerequisites: CLITR 1100 PLUS upperclass standing, OR one 2000-level CLITR course, OR permission of the instructor.
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